Tag: Human rights
‘It hurts my heart’: Japan’s Kanto massacre, 100 years on
More recently, the Japanese government has repeatedly said it has no archives to verify fully the circumstances around the tragedy.
Remembering enforced disappearance victims in Asia
China has been condemned for a mass internment program in which as many as 1.8 million people were sent involuntarily to re-education camps
Hong Kong police arrest two for ‘collusion’ with foreign countries over...
Police arrested two men aged 33 and 59 in Tai Po on suspicion of "colluding with the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund to receive donations
Burmese generals expel Dili diplomat after meeting with government in exile
Announcing the news on Facebook, the Burmese head of diplomacy criticized the alleged "irresponsibility" of the Dili government
Nearly 90 health care workers killed in post-coup military violence
The arrests, closures, and raids on medical clinics and buildings are all attempts by the junta to punish or intimidate healthcare workers
‘Stop the dump’: Pacific communities protest Japan’s release of treated nuclear...
Japan approved the plan but various stakeholders raised alarm about its impact not just in Japan but also in the Pacific region
Job-seeking Vietnamese teens trafficked to Laos, family members say
The number of children who left Phu Quoc City in Kien Giang province was at least five, according to family members.
Persecuted Kandhamal Christians now witness to faith
To protect themselves and their beliefs, thousands fled into the forests where many perished due to starvation and snakebites.
In August, a new crackdown on house churches in Guangdong
A campaign against independent house churches has been conducted this month of August in Guangdong province.
Pope Francis: ‘We cannot be indifferent’ to people caught in drug...
“Behind every addiction, there are concrete experiences, stories of loneliness, inequality, exclusion, lack of integration”
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